SGBV Dis.

Civilian populations, notably women and often children, often war refugees and migrants, are subjected to a wide range of forms of exploitation, including sexual violence, forced and compulsory labour, enslavement, as well as forcible recruitment into armed services.

Particularly disturbing is the nexus between conflict-related sexual violence and human trafficking, acknowledged earlier in the Secretary-General’s report on conflict-related sexual violence (S/2016/361/Rev.1). Abductions of women and children, systematic and widespread exploitation and abuse, including rape, sexual violence, forced marriages and sex slavery, perpetrated by Da’esh, Boko Haram and other terrorist and armed groups, are horrifying and deeply deplorable, and demand our immediate response.

Fighting sexual and gender- based violence must be better reflected in counter- terrorist efforts.